Digital Curator of Greek and Roman Provincial Coins - 2 posts

University of Oxford, Oxford

Digital Curator of Greek and Roman Provincial Coins - 2 posts

£38674

University of Oxford, Oxford

  • Full time
  • Permanent
  • Remote working

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Closing date: Closing date not specified

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Full Job Description

Reporting to the Project Manager, you and the other digital curator of Ancient Greek and Roman Provincial coins will digitise c. 50,000 Greek and Roman Provincial coins over three years. You will photograph coins and their tickets, process images, provide core data and identify the coins in printed and online standard reference works.

You have excellent general IT skills and know how to use coin databases and image processing software. You can identify Greek and Roman Provincial coins in the relevant printed or online reference works quickly and accurately. You know how to record Greek and Roman Provincial coins in a numismatic database quickly, accurately, consistently and in line with the relevant standards.

Digital Curator of Greek and Roman Provincial Coins - 2 postsAshmolean Museum, Beaumont Street, Oxford, OX1 2PH The Heberden Coin Room The Heberden Coin Room is a department of the Ashmolean Museum, in the University of Oxford. With c. 300,000 coins of all periods and all countries and collections of medals, tokens, and paper money, it represents one of the leading international coin cabinets (see: https://www.ashmolean.org/heberden-coin-room).

This is a full-time, permanent position, working 37.5 hours per week for three years. This position could provide the opportunity for remote working for up to two days per week., As an employer, we genuinely care about our employees' wellbeing and this is reflected in the range of benefits that we offer including:

  • An excellent contributory pension scheme
  • 38 days of annual leave
  • A comprehensive range of childcare services
  • Family leave schemes
  • Cycle loan scheme
  • Discounted bus travel and Season Ticket travel loans, An automatic annual increment each year will be paid up to (and not including) the discretionary range within the University of Oxford's grade 7 salary scale.